Non-refillable bottle



[No Model.)

J.M. TAYLOR. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

No. 594,765. Patented Nov. 30,- 1897.

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PATENT FFICE.

.IAMES MOSS TAYLOR, OF YANTIS, TEXAS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.-

SPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,765, datedNovember30, 1897.

Application filed March 10, 1897. Serial No. 626,835. (No model.)

To all whom zit may concern.-

Beitknown that I, JAMEs'Moss TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yantis, in the county of Wood and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a non refillable bottle; and the object of theinvention is to provide a bottle of this character which cannot berefilled and sold as an original package without detection.

With this object in view the invention consists of certain features ofconstruction and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of abottle embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective viewof the parts removed and separated.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the discharge end of a bottle, providedwith'afrangible stud 2, which extends over the outlet of the bottle andis preferably provided with an arrowhead 3.

4 denotes the st0pper,which is of the usual form, and 5 denotes theseal, which consists of porcelain, glass, or any other impenetrablematerial and is provided with a transverse aperture 6, which does notextend entirely through the seal, and with a vertical aperture 7,intersecting the transverse aperture.

8 denotes a spring-catch which is fitted in the vertical aperture 7.

After the bottle has been filled and the stopper driven in place theseal is placed over the neck of the bottle above the stopper, with thelaterally-projecting stud entering the transverse aperture in the seal.In engaging the seal with this stud the arrowhead will force the jaws ofthe spring apart, and after it has passed said jaws they will springtogether and engage the head and prevent the removal of the seal, sothat it will be impossible for any one to remove the contents of thebottle without either breaking its neck or the frangible stud.

Although I have shown my invention as applied to a bottle, it is evidentthat it may be applied to any other vessel that it is desired to sealand which it is desired shall not be refilled.

Having thus described my invention,what

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. Avessel the mouth of which is provided with an overhanging fixedstud, 'a seal having a transverse aperture to receive the stud, andmeans carried by the seal for locking said seal to the stud.

2. Avessel the mouth of which is provided with an integral stud thatprojects upwardly and over the outlet thereof and is provided with ahead, a seal having a transverse aperture to receive the head and thelaterallyprojecting portion of the stud, and having a vertical apertureintersecting the transverse aperture, and a spring-catch located in thevertical aperture and adapted to engage and lock the head of the seal.

3. Avessel the mouth of which is provided with a stud which projectsover and above the outlet thereof, and a seal havingatransverse apertureintersected by a vertical aperture, and a spring-catch located in thevertical aperture and adapted to clasp the studand prevent thewithdrawal of the seal, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES MOSS TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

GUY R. YANTIS, J. L. Ross.

